From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 13 14:28:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (heorot.1nova.com [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63D437B405 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:28:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC17918EE; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A89D18ED; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:27:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:27:20 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell To: Jorge Biquez Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: overclocking and freebsd In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011113162354.04802bb0@icsmx.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It's because the older chips were manufactured at the higher prices so they cost more. Plus they're still in the pipeline so they have to try to sell them. This is really common, especially with CPU chips... most likely you'll find if you went to buy the slower chip that they'll be out of stock. :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://hw.shatteredcrystal.com ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello. > > Prices here: > > PIII 1.0 Ghz 228.00 USD > P4 1.5 Ghz 187.10 USD > > Plus taxes > > jb > At 14:16 13/11/01 -0800, you wrote: > >The rumor I've heard is that it doesn't make as good a server platform > >and is targeted at a lower end desltop market, I.E. you get what you pay > >for. > >Rick > > > >Andrew Reid wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 07:51:13AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > > > > > So cheap ? Can anyone explain why, at least in Holland, a 1Mghz Pentium > > > > III costs significantly more than a 1.4 pentium IV ? > > > > Is a puzzle to me... > > > > > > 1GHz PIII is more expensive than a 1.4 PIV here in Australia > > > too. It seems to be a plot by Intel to make us buy the new PIV, > > > forcing us to purchase new motherboards and all kinds of other evil > > > stuff that is just too nasty to go into :-) > > > > > > - andrew > > > > > > -- > > > Andrew J. Reid "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem > > > andrew.reid@plug.cx mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane > > > +61 401 946 813 mittam" > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message